PhD
The current generation of digital products limits our interaction to the confines of a display screen, as rich physical controls have gradually been replaced by icons in the Graphical User Interface (GUI). This approach to design has been criticized for its singular focus on cognitive abilities and disregard for physical skills, leading to generic and standardized interfaces that lack integration with the physical environment and our natural way of interacting with the world.
As the title suggests, this thesis aims to highlight the significance of embodied interaction in our increasingly digitalized world. Embodied interaction focuses on designing digital systems that align with our natural physical interactions, thereby offering solutions to many of the issues present in the traditional GUI design approach.
Through the examination of embodied interaction, this thesis presents prototypes of digital products that blur the line between the physical and digital realms, resulting in a new form of interaction and experience that is neither purely physical nor digital.
Date: 2022